Fallacies: Two competing conceptions of fallacies are that they are false but popular beliefs and that they are deceptively bad arguments. These we may distinguish as the belief and argument conceptions of fallacies. (Philosophy) [100%] 2021-12-27
Probability: A probability is a number representing the likelihood of a random event or an uncertain proposition occurring, ranging from 1 representing certainty down to 0 for impossibility. Probability is the topic of probability theory, a branch of mathematics concerned with ... [80%] 2023-07-28
Probability: Probability, a term which in general implies credibility short of certainty. The mathematical theory of probabilities deals with certain phenomena which are employed to measure credibility. This measurement is well exemplified by games of chance. [80%] 2022-09-02
Probability: In science, the probability of an event is a number that indicates how likely the event is to occur. It is expressed as a number in the range from 0 and 1, or, using percentage notation, in the range from ... (Branch of mathematics concerning chance and uncertainty) [80%] 2023-09-16 [Probability] [Dimensionless numbers]...
Probability: Probability is a non-negative additive set function whose maximum value is unity. Put more simply, probability is a function that assigns to an event a real number in the interval [0,1] inclusive. [80%] 2023-02-16 [Mathematics]
Probability: Probability theory is the study of uncertainty, a relatively new branch of mathematics. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1 representing the likelihood of the event's occurrence. [80%] 2023-03-03 [Probability and Statistics]
Probability: mathematical A numerical characteristic expressing the degree to which some given event is likely to occur under certain given conditions which may recur an unlimited number of times. As a category of scientific knowledge, the concept of "probability" describes a ... (Mathematics) [80%] 2023-07-03
Probability: Probability theory is the study of uncertainty. The mathematical theory of probability is very sophisticated, and delves into a branch of analysis known as measure theory. [80%] 2023-11-25 [Probability] [Statistics]...
Probabilité: Pour les articles homonymes, voir Probabilité (homonymie). Cet article présente les notions générales concernant les probabilités ; pour une approche élémentaire du calcul des probabilités voir Probabilités (mathématiques élémentaires) ; pour la théorie mathématique rigoureuse correspondante, voir Théorie des probabilités ;. [73%] 2024-12-02
Recognizing Fallacies: — Describing inconsistencies A fallacy is a kind of error in reasoning. This course names common fallacies and provides brief explanations and examples of each of them. [70%] 2024-01-01 [Philosophy] [Peace studies]...
Definitional fallacies: Definitional fallacies are logical fallacies that occur when some definition fails to properly explain some term. Definitional fallacies are fallacies of ambiguity and informal fallacies. [70%] 2023-11-17 [Fallacies of ambiguity] [Informal fallacies]...
Common fallacies: Common fallacies are arguments that have a logical fallacy inherent in them, yet are still commonly accepted by people who: Examples of common fallacies are: (please add and improve) HERE. [70%] 2023-03-07 [Logical Fallacies]
Portability (computing): In computing and software engineering, references to portability generally refer to the ability of the software being written to be easily 'translated' to run on various different platforms. The operating system NetBSD is an open source Unix-like variant that ... (Computing) [66%] 2024-01-26
Portability (computing): In computing and software engineering, references to portability generally refer to the ability of the software being written to be easily 'translated' to run on various different platforms. The operating system NetBSD is an open source Unix-like variant that ... (Computing) [66%] 2023-06-15
Probabilism: In theology and philosophy, probabilism (from Latin probare, to test, approve) is an ancient Greek doctrine of Academic skepticism. It holds that in the absence of certainty, plausibility or truth-likeness is the best criterion. (Philosophy) [66%] 2023-11-19 [Religious ethics] [Epistemological theories]...
Probabilism: Probabilism, a term used both in theology and in philosophy with the general implication that in the absence of certainty probability is the best criterion. Thus it is applied in connexion with casuistry for the view that the layman in ... [66%] 2022-09-02
Fallacies of definition: Fallacies of definition are the various ways in which definitions can fail to explain terms. The phrase is used to suggest an analogy with an informal fallacy. (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-09-20 [Informal fallacies]
Jingle-jangle fallacies: Jingle-jangle fallacies are erroneous assumptions that either two different things are the same because they bear the same name (jingle fallacy); or two identical or almost identical things are different because they are labeled differently (jangle fallacy). In research ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-11-02 [Informal fallacies]
Correlative-based fallacies: In philosophy, correlative-based fallacies are informal fallacies based on correlative conjunctions. A correlative conjunction is a relationship between two statements where one must be false and the other true. (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-09-19 [Informal fallacies]
List of fallacies: A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument. All forms of human communication can contain fallacies. (List of faulty argument types) [57%] 2024-01-02 [Fallacies] [Rhetoric]...
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